Reshoring News

And we can use green spaces in our cities, towns and villages to grow for ourselves, families and communities. With “reshoring” a growing trend, as the fragility of global supply chains links with rising developing world wages, Yorkshire is in a great …
The solution, then, is to reshore American manufacturing, but find somewhere to cut costs. Since the largest cost is labor, cutting down the workforce significantly would be prudent. Enter automation. Essentially, shoe manufacturing is already on its way …
He said the reshoring of the call centre jobs will bring the companies consumer mobile customer services in line with its UK-based call centres for UK business and broadband customers. Vodafone said in a statement: “As part of its £2bn investment …
For baby formula they’ll pay a lot more. For shoes, they won’t. “Clothing is one of the things that is very hard to reshore. It’s a tough road to go,” says Hal Sirkin, a senior partner at BCG. Overall, BCG estimates companies can charge up to …
MGS has reported a steep rise in reshoring in recent years, driven by accessibility to a wider stockholding, better product quality and quicker turnaround, as well as lower transport costs. The company’s success is reflected in their strong trading results.

Interview with VDMA’s Elgar Straub

by admin on March 12, 2017

In other words, so-called ‘reshoring’ to high wage countries where it hasn’t been practical to manufacture commodities for many years? ES: Yes, it’s an entirely new type of manufacturing structure that’s emerging, involving the digital …
Reshoring has been happening already anyway, because US labor costs don’t matter that much when machines are doing most of the work. So we’ll see how Trump’s jobs plan goes. For the long term though, the future is automated, and the political class …
Contact us to discuss whether your injection molding project may be a candidate for reshoring. When it comes to product cost, GreenLeaf is showing their vendors that supporting American industry and cost effectiveness do not have to be mutually exclusive.

Trump’s attack dog on trade

by admin on March 10, 2017

and raising eyebrows when he said the administration was looking to unwind and reshore the intricate global supply chain. Concern about Navarro has reportedly split Trump’s trade advisors, according to a recent report in the Financial Times, with a …

Can China Lead The World Economy?

by admin on March 9, 2017

Think about it. Why can’t Apple build its own robot-run factories? Why can’t other companies? As robot capabilities increase, the trend toward reshoring will accelerate. Labor everywhere in the world will lose its price-competitive edge. All the power will …